At the top right hand corner of page 17 of the New York Post, January 24, 2009, was a column entitled, "Replacing Michelle" in the National Review, The Week.

Here it is, as it appeared:

"Some employees are simply irreplaceable." Take Michelle Obama: The University of Chicago Medical center hired her in 2002 to run 'programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer recruitment, staff diversity and minority contracting'.

In 2005 the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317,000 - nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator.

Her husband, Barack Obama, had just become a US Senator. In fact, he requested a $1 million earmark for the UC Medical Center. Way to network, Michelle!

Now that Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain unfilled. How can that be, if the work she did was vital enough to be worth $317,000?

Let me add that Michelle's position was a part time, 20 hour a week job." Let's see, 20 hours a week X 52 weeks in a year is 1,040 hours. Hmmmmmm - let's do the math - $317,000 divided by 1,040 hours is something like $304.81 an hour! Holy C_ _ - Those wages are right up there with the "Ladies of the Night." Michelle must know some "tricks" that we don't know about!

My thoughts: How did this bit of quid pro quo corruption escape the sharp reporters that dug through Sarah Palin's garbage and her kindergarten files?

I hope this is forwarded so many times that the media will HAVE to cover it.

Bard, we're in a V bottom economic recovery here in the US. The S&P is on fire(not today) since O took office, and housing stats are firming quickly. But , you go ahead and keep surfing the web for more negative stuff, Ill be busy taking advantage of the up tape, so I can take more trips to Maui.

Bard, Im a chartman, the markets have gone straight up in the past year. You can hypothesize til the cows come home. And if you want to compare the United States of America to Greece, you do so at your own peril. The Greeks are rioting because they might have to work til they are 60, while my old man is thrilled to put a tie on at 83.

Greece should effect the USA, it is perfect example of the excess of the last decade. Germany should punt on this one. Sorry but pro big GOVT and pro big corporation cant exist simultaneously for long, so Im perplexed by your question. We are liberals, so we dont have the disdain for GOVT that you do.

Uh, guys ... pay attention. WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT NOW. Bush screwed up a lot of stuff, but the new guy is doing infinitely more harm in virtually every aspect. Let's face the real issues, not yesterterm. Jeez, I'm sure McKinley and Adams did some dumb stuff, too, but after 16 months the bigger alligator is the present administration.

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